American Sign Language: A Step-By-Step Guide to Signing

While learning a new language isn't a "knack" for everyone, Knack American Sign Language finally makes it easy. The clear layout, succinct information, and topic-specific sign language partnered with high-quality photos enable quick learning. By a "bilingual" author whose parents were both deaf, and photographed by a design professor at the leading deaf university, Gallaudet, it covers all the basic building blocks of communication. It does so with a view to each reader's reason for learning, whether teaching a toddler basic signs or communicating with a deaf coworker. Readers will come away with a usable knowledge base rather than a collection of signs with limited use. - 450 full-color photos- American Sign Language- Intended for people who can hear- Can be used with babies and young children

Author: Suzie Chafin
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 08/01/2009
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781599215143
ISBN10: 1599215144
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Sign Language
- Family & Relationships | Education
- Family & Relationships | Parenting | General

About the Author
Suzie Chafin has the knack! She was born hearing to deaf parents, and American Sign Language was her first language. The author of Your Pregnancy Devotional: 280 Days of Prayer and Inspiration, Suzie contributes to About.com's Guide to Parenting Multiples and speaks on a variety of parenting topics. Johnston Bell Grindstaff has the knack! He is associate professor and former department chair of art at Gallaudet University, the world-renowned institution in Washington, D.C., that serves deaf and hard of hearing students.